Limestone County Commissioners on Oct. 6 unanimously approved a package of emergency-preparedness measures, including a mutual-aid resolution, contracts for alert and mapping systems, equipment and maintenance agreements, and authorized applying for a $99,801 Homeland Security grant to buy mobile fingerprinting and photo-scanning equipment for the sheriff’s office.

The actions affect the county’s emergency management, sheriff’s office and information-technology operations and aim to improve field identification, public warning, and interagency information sharing. Commissioners approved each item by voice vote with no recorded dissents.

The board approved a resolution concerning an emergency management mutual aid agreement, a contract to use the Rave Alert notification system, and a memorandum of understanding with the Athens-Limestone Emergency Consortium District for field-ops CAD (computer-aided dispatch) licensing. Motion to approve the mutual-aid resolution was made by Commissioner Gatlin and seconded by Commissioner Townsend; the vote was recorded as unanimous. The Rave Alert contract was moved by Commissioner Samet and seconded by Commissioner Townsend; it also passed unanimously. The CAD-licensing MOU was moved by Commissioner Gatlin, seconded by Commissioner Townsend, and approved unanimously.

Commissioners also approved a 36-month standby-generator installation and maintenance agreement with Taylor Sudden Services Incorporated and a one-year subscription for SDS weather-radio software for the county emergency management agency. The board voted to approve a one-year trial pilot with Perimeter, Inc., for a public-information mapping platform intended to support public-facing maps and data. Each of these items passed by unanimous voice vote.

On grant funding, the commission authorized applying for a Homeland Security grant on behalf of the sheriff’s office to purchase mobile scanners for fingerprinting and photos. The grant request is for $99,801 and requires no local match; the application approval was described in the meeting as retroactive to the 30th (date provided in the meeting). Commissioner Samet moved approval and Commissioner Townsend seconded; the motion carried unanimously.

All motions in this package were recorded as carried unanimously (aye votes by Commissioners Townsend, Gatlin and Samet). No substantive debate or conditions were recorded in the transcript for these items; commissioners called for and completed votes without extended discussion.

The commission also approved a number of unrelated administrative items later in the meeting, including personnel actions and subdivision plats. The commission scheduled its next regular meeting for Oct. 20.